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Subject: ECAI-23 joint call for papers/Workshops/tutorials
The European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI) is Europe's premier venue for presenting scientific results in AI. We are honoured to host the 26th edition of ECAI (ECAI-23 <https://ecai2023.eu/>) in person, in Krakow, one of Europe's most stunning cities.
Below please find the general call for
Papers (submission deadline May 2, 2023),
Workshops (submission deadline February 27, 2023),
Tutorials (submission deadline May 25, 2023)
ECAI-23 Chairs:
Program Chair: Kobi Gal (Ben-Gurion University and University of Edinburgh)
General Chair: Ann Nowé (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
Organizing Committee Chair: Grzegorz J. Nalepa (Jagiellonian University)
Workshop chairs: Paolo Turrini (University of Warwick) and Tom Lenaerts (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
Tutorial Chairs: Bart Bogaerts (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) and Jacek Mańdziuk (Warsaw University of Technology)
Workflow Managers: Roy Fairstein (Ben-Gurion University) and Roxana Rădulescu (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
Publicity Chairs: Aris Filos-Ratsikas (University of Edinburgh), Pawel Zyblewski (Wroclaw University of Science and Technology )
PAIS sister conference co-chairs: Martin Atzmueller (Osnabrück University and German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence) and Claudia V. Goldman (General Motors)
STAIRS sister conference co-chairs: Katrin Beuls (University of Namur) and Malte Schilling (University of Münster)
First call for papers - ECAI-23
ECAI-23 invites original contributions in all areas of AI. These include, but are not limited to
Multi-Agent Systems (MAS)
Game theory and social choice. (GT)
Constraint satisfaction and optimization (CS)
Games and Virtual Environments (GAME)
Human Aspects in AI (HAI)
Data Mining and Data Science (DMS)
Knowledge Representation, Reasoning and semantics (KRR)
Machine Learning (ML)
Multidisciplinary Topics and Applications (MULT)
Speech, Natural Language Processing and Understanding (NLP)
Search, Planning and Scheduling (PLAN)
Robotics (ROB)
Safe, Explainable, and Trustworthy AI (XAI). Includes ethical AI.
Uncertainty in AI (UAI)
Vision (VIS)
AI for Social Good (AISG)
Novelties for ECAI-23:
Double Blind Submission. Submissions are anonymous, and must conform to the instructions for double-blind review.
Special track for AI for social good.
Coordination with IJCAI-23: The submission deadline for technical papers of ECAI-23 will occur 18 days after notification of acceptance from IJCAI-23. Authors will have the option to submit their reviews together
The best papers from ECAI-23 will be invited to an award-winning fast track of the Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (JAIR).
The principal author of papers submitted to the conference may be called on to assist with reviewing papers.
Authors will be required to adhere to ethical research policies on AI and may include an ethics statement in their papers.
Each individual author is limited to no more than a combined limit of 8 submissions to the ECAI-23 technical track (including papers in the AI for Social Good track) and authors may not be added or deleted from papers following submission.
Important Dates: (All times Anywhere on Earth (AoE), UTC-12),
Submission System Opens: 2 April 2023
Abstract submission: 2 May 2023
Paper submission: 8 May 2023
Author response period: 25-28 June 2023
PC discussion: 29 June to July 5 2023
Author notification: 15 July 2023
Camera Ready: 1 August 2023
ECAI Conference: 30 September - 5 October 2023
Reviews: All submissions will be subject to peer review by the ECAI 2023 Programme Committee. Scientific papers will be evaluated based on relevance, significance of contribution, impact, technical quality, scholarship and quality of presentation. During the author response phase, the authors of submitted papers will be offered the opportunity to respond to the reviews for their papers before the final acceptance decision is made.
Attendance: At least one author of each accepted paper is required to participate in the conference and present the work.
Ethics Policy: Research reported in ECAI-23 should avoid harm, be honest and trustworthy, fair and non-discriminatory, and respect privacy and intellectual property. The ACM (https://www.acm.org/code-of-ethics), the European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity (https://allea.org/code-of-conduct/) and AAAI (https://www.aaai.org/Conferences/code-of-ethics-and-conduct.php) codes of ethics provide guidelines that we wish to promote.
When relevant, authors can include in the main body of their paper, or on the reference page, an ethics statement that addresses both ethical issues regarding the research being reported, and the broader ethical impact of the work.
Reviewers will be asked to flag violations of ethical and/or fairness considerations. Such flagged submissions will be reviewed by the Ethics Chair. Authors may be required to revise their submission to include discussion of possible ethical concerns and their mitigation.
Conflict of interest policy: All individuals involved in the ECAI-23 review process must adhere to the ECAI ethical guidelines and conflict of interest policy. Authors and reviewers acknowledge that we may take action upon individuals in breach with the conflict of interest policy.
Confidentiality policy: All submissions will be treated in strict confidence until the publication date.
Formatting and submission: Papers should be formatted according to the ECAI-23 formatting style, available soon. Scientific papers cannot exceed (7+1) pages. Overlength submissions will be rejected without review.
Proceedings: The proceedings of the conference will be published by IOS Press and made freely available at the IOS website <https://www.iospress.nl/?s=ECAI>.
Sister Conferences: ECAI-23 is proud to host two sister conferences. The Conference on Prestigious Applications of Intelligent Systems (PAIS-23) and STAIRS the European Starting AI Researchers' Symposium (STAIRS-23). A separate call for papers will be issued for both sister conferences.
ECAI will also feature several training activities which include:
Doctoral Consortium
Lunch with an EurAI Fellow
Job Fair
Other AI-related events will be announced at a later date.
Contact for questions:
ecai23workflow@gmail.com <>
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First Call for Workshop Proposals ECAI-23
The ECAI 2023 Organizing Committee invites proposals for workshops to be held in conjunction with the conference. We welcome workshop proposals in AI and its applications in other fields, as well as multidisciplinary topics between AI and other areas.
Most workshops will follow the classical format of presentations of peer-reviewed papers followed by discussion, but other formats (e.g., AI competitions) and entirely new ideas are also welcome. Whatever the format, all workshops should be interactive events and ample time should be allocated to discussion. The typical duration for a workshop is one full day, but two-day or half-day workshops can also be accommodated.
If you are considering proposing a workshop or if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch with ECAI-23 Workshops Chairs:
Tom Lenaerts (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)
Paolo Turrini (University of Warwick, United Kingdom)
Contact: workshops-chairs@ecai2023.eu <>
Important Dates
(All times Anywhere on Earth (AoE), UTC-12)
27 February 2023: Workshop proposal submission deadline
13 March 2023: Workshop proposal notification
15 July 2023: Latest workshop paper notification
30 September - 1 October 2023: Workshop organisation.
Further Information for Workshop Organizers
Proceedings: It is up to the workshop organisers to decide if they provide proceedings or not. ECAI-23 will not issue workshop proceedings. Organisers can either choose to put the accepted papers on the workshop website or use online repositories like CEUR-WS. Although the reviewing process is up to the workshop organisers, paper notification should be sent no later than 15 July 2023.
Registration: All workshop participants and organisers are required to register for the workshop. Each workshop will be given 1 workshop-fee waiver to be used at the organisers' discretion.
Cancellations: Please understand that we may have to cancel a workshop if not enough participants register or if deadlines are not met. We are aiming for a minimum of 10 participants registered by the early registration deadline.
Ethics Policy: Research reported in ECAI-23 workshops should avoid harm, be honest and trustworthy, fair and non-discriminatory, and respect privacy and intellectual property. The ACM (https://www.acm.org/code-of-ethics), the European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity (https://allea.org/code-of-conduct/) and AAAI (https://www.aaai.org/Conferences/code-of-ethics-and-conduct.php) codes of ethics provide guidelines that we wish to promote. For more information see the general call for papers of ECAI-23.
Submission details
Proposals for Workshops must be submitted by the deadline as a PDF-file to:
workshops-chairs@ecai2023.eu <>
Each workshop proposal must include:
Title and acronym.
Names, affiliations, and contact details of all organisers (please indicate a primary contact person to whom correspondence should be directed).
One paragraph about each organiser (scientific profile, previous events you have organised , …).
Short description of the Workshop, containing a brief introduction and list of relevant topic areas, workshop intended format and duration (half-day until two days). Please indicate if you intend to have any activities other than contributed papers, such as invited talks, panels, posters, …
Audience: research groups working in the field, a tentative list of potentially interested participants, expected number of submissions.
Previous editions of the workshop if applicable; related workshops in other venues
Any further information you deem relevant.
Contact and updates
Any questions about the workshops program should be directed to the Workshops Chairs:
Tom Lenaerts (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)
Paolo Turrini (University of Warwick, United Kingdom)
Contact: workshops-chairs@ecai2023.eu <>
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First Call for Tutorials - ECAI-23
ECAI 2023 invites submissions for tutorial proposals. Tutorials will be held immediately prior to the technical conference.
Format:
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ECAI 2023 hosts two kinds of tutorials: a) "standard" half-day tutorials; b) 90-minute "spotlight" tutorials. Spotlight tutorials are meant to address emerging areas, techniques, methodologies and perspectives in AI or specialized topics. Standard tutorials are meant to cover rather established areas of AI such as (but not exclusively) Machine Learning, Knowledge Representation and Reasoning, Computer Vision, Semantic Web, Natural Language Processing, Multi-Agent Systems, Robotics, Games, as well as topics in the overlap of such research areas.
Objectives:
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Tutorials should serve one or more of the following objectives:
* Introduce novices to major topics within Artificial Intelligence.
* Introduce expert non-specialists to an AI subarea.
* Motivate and explain a topic of emerging importance for AI.
* Survey a mature area of AI research and/or practice.
* Provide instruction in established but specialized AI methodologies.
* Present a novel synthesis combining distinct lines of AI work.
* Introduce AI audience to an external topic that can motivate or use AI research.
* Mentor AI researchers (particularly, junior researchers) on a broad AI-relevant non-technical topic (examples could be AI jobs, or ethical issues in AI).
Tutorials are intended to cover reasonably well-established information in a balanced way. Tutorials should not be used to advocate a single avenue of research, nor should they promote a product. We encourage tutorials with a hands-on component or other interactive elements. Also we welcome tutorials on topical subjects, particularly those with social or industrial implications, such as privacy, security, fairness or ethics in AI. ECAI 2023 grants one free registration per tutorial.
Key dates:
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Note: all deadlines are 23:59 UTC-12
* 25 May 2023: Proposal Submission Deadline
* 14 July 2023: Acceptance Notification
* 1 August 2023: Abstracts, Syllabus and Tutorial Websites Deadline
* 1-6 October 2023: ECAI Conference
Submission Instructions:
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Tutorial proposals should be submitted as an e-mail to tutorials-chairs@ecai2023.eu
Proposals must be submitted as a single PDF file containing the following information:
* A two-sentence description of the tutorial, suitable for inclusion in the conference registration brochure.
* A two-paragraph description of the tutorial, suitable for a web page overview.
* Proposed format of the tutorial: standard (half-day) or spotlight (90-minute)
* A detailed, point-form outline of the tutorial.
* A brief characterization of the potential target audience for the tutorial, including prerequisite knowledge.
* A brief description of why the tutorial topic would be of interest to a substantial part of the ECAI audience, and which of the above objectives are best served by the tutorial.
* A brief resume of the presenter(s), which should include:
+ Name, affiliation, e-mail address
+ Background in the tutorial area, including a list of publications/presentations
+ Citation to an available example of work in the area (ideally, a published tutorial-level article or presentation materials on the subject)
+ Evidence of teaching experience (courses taught or references)
+ Evidence of scholarship in AI or Computer Science
Policy on multiple submissions:
We encourage proposals of brand-new tutorials, as well as tutorials that have already been successfully offered before, or that are also being proposed to other venues (e.g., other major AI conferences). **In that case, the application should include a complete list of such venues.**
Any questions about the tutorial program should be directed to the tutorial chairs:
Bart Bogaerts and Jacek Mańdziuk
Contact: tutorials-chairs@ecai2023.eu
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